How I Dealt With Criticism To Become Successful

Do you know the ways on how to become successful after being criticized?

Criticism has been an enemy to success.

People said you won’t succeed and you didn’t slam back – that’s fine.

You’ve been criticized. You were told you cannot succeed.

You started a project and some people said you won’t make it.

I can relate to how you felt when they act oddly toward you.

Your feelings have been hurt and you felt like you have the leave the earth now.

Don’t worry. You are at the right place. Yes, the right place is here.

Welcome to your season of laughter, happiness, and joy.

Reading this post will help you learn how to achieve success in both your internal (i.e. emotional well-being) and external life (i.e your circumstances).

Notwithstanding how old you are, what your career goals are, where you reside, we share something in common — a strong desire to be successful.

We all want to achieve success so we could live a comfortable life—have financial freedom, drive a nice car and live in an all-beautiful house.

Although success can be achieved, it doesn’t come easily despite who you think you are. When you are criticized by your boss, it is not always to admit your faults.

You will probably insist that you are right. Or, you will ignore the criticism.

However, taking note of the criticisms that you receive may be your key to success.

While it is hard to set aside your pride, don’t expect to improve if you don’t.

After all, how can you change without admitting that you need to change?

Today, I share with you the inestimable keys to your success in life when the moment of criticisms strikes.

1. Criticism helped me improve

“Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots.” – Frank A. Clark

Sure, it is a lot more comfortable if you never knew what you did wrong.

After all, a bit of criticism can hurt your ego.

However, if you receive no feedback, then how can you improve?

How can you change for the better?

Criticism might sting but learn to accept it and acting on it, will help you evolve into a better version of yourself.

According to a research conducted by Heaphy and Losada, that analyzed data from leadership teams to determine the ideal praise-to-criticism ratio, they found out that the leaders who received the most negative comments were the ones who improved the most.

Plus, the researchers also found that the people who got the most negative feedback had the most room to grow.

Interestingly, this isn’t surprising when you consider accepting the critics you receive, the more effort you will exert to be better.

After all, criticism helps you take a step back and evaluate your current performance.

This way, you are always thinking about the journey to improvement.

2. Criticism helped me avoid self-satisfaction

When everything’s going right, it is easy to fall into self-satisfaction.

You even stop trying to improve yourself.

After all, when life is smooth sailing, why not just relax? Why should you even exert an effort in the first place?

Long periods of stay in self-satisfaction will cause you to stray from the path of success.

Just imagine not caring about improvement, or not even trying to stay ahead of the game.

You might be successful now, but it will not always be that way.

3. Criticism taught me to listen

Imagine a boss who never listens. In his world, he is always right.

People who thought otherwise were wrong, to the point that he openly fought with those who criticized him.

Eventually, his team came to accept that there was no room for dissent.

He ruled after all. If he made unreasonable demands, then they would just have to accept how things were.

They hated their jobs and eventually tried to get away from work as much as they could.

How do you think this story will end?

It is very easy to insist you are right after your boss has criticized your performance.

After all, you believe he does not have a clear grasp of the whole story.

However, if you want to learn to succeed, should you continuously believe that you are right and just ignore the criticism?

It is very easy to let your ego get to your head. But, if you want to succeed then you have to use your brain and ignore your ego.

This way, you can understand your own faults and you can learn to accept the viewpoints of others.

Learning to accept criticism is hard. After all, it’s difficult to accept your faults. However, you cannot be successful if you do not learn from criticism.

Conclusion

Remember that criticism is a price of success. It is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing.

So, if you do something, you are going to be subject to criticism. I urge you to stay strong and steady because the more success you have, the more criticism you will engender.

Some of it will be helpful while most of it will be useless. But don’t be afraid of it. it won’t kill you. It will only make you stronger.

Your turn

Have you been criticized before? Leave your thoughts as comments below!

What are the positive steps you took to love yourself and become more successful? Were there experiences and benefits you you gained from being criticized? Are you having a hard time accepting criticism? Leave your thoughts as comments below!

Were there experiences and benefits you you gained from being criticized?

Prince Akwarandu

Badass Writer, Brand Storyteller, and Blogger. I help people become prolific writers and published authors teaching them with the right tools on how to grow their writing style, influence, and earnings without compromising their price, purpose, and promise.

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